Former Oklahoma sheriff formally charged with 2 misdemeanors
Source: AP
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed formal criminal charges against an indicted former Oklahoma sheriff whose agency was investigated after a volunteer deputy fatally shot an unarmed man.
Stanley Glanz, who resigned as Tulsa County sheriff Nov. 1, faces two misdemeanor counts. One accuses him of willfully violating the law and the other of refusing to perform official duties.
The charges were filed ahead of his court appearance Tuesday. They match the charges that a grand jury indicted him on when it investigated his agency after the April shooting.
The grand jurors' accusations included one that said Glanz failed to release documents from an internal investigation that questioned the training of the deputy, Robert Bates.
FILE - In this July 13, 2015, file photo, Oklahoma County Sheriff Stanley Glanz, left, attends a county commissioners meeting in Tulsa, Okla. When the indicted Tulsa sheriff leaves office this weekend, it won’t mark an end to the scrutiny of the agency by state investigators and citizens. Glanz was indicted by a grand jury on two misdemeanor counts after reserve deputy Robert Bates fatally shot an unarmed man in April. A 2009 memo released after the shooting alleged top sheriff’s officials knew Bates was inadequately trained but pressured subordinates to look the other way. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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